India’s lawyer was banned from India following allegedly having an intimate relationship with a woman during an online hearing.
R D Santhana Krishnan was an advocate for the Madras High Court. He had been waiting to hear his case in virtual hearing but apparently left his webcam on.
The lawyer has been accused of being ‘intimate’ with a woman while on camera, local media reports.
According to a video of the event, it showed a man sitting next to a woman and kissing her.
After being captured on video allegedly having an intimate relationship with a woman at an online hearing, R D Santhana Krishnan (an advocate for the Madras High Court) was removed from office
Krishnan was suspended by the Tamil Nadu Bar Council, which prohibits him from practicing law in India under his own name or with any other assumed names.
The ban will stand until the conclusion of all disciplinary proceedings against him in relation to his alleged misconduct, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry said.
Yesterday’s court statement stated it could not be both a silent spectator or a Nelson’s eye when brazen vulgarity was publicly displayed in Court proceedings.
After Krishnan was suspended, the City Police commissioner was instructed to make all necessary arrangements to get the video footage of Krishnan taken off the internet.
Krishnan was suspended by the Tamil Nadu Bar Council, which prevented him from practicing law in India under his own name (stock photo)
Krishnan was brought before R Hemalatha, Judge PN Prakash, and R Hemalatha as criminal contempt.
A term in South Asian law that refers to an action taken without the need for a request from another party is called Suo motu.
The judges called for an investigation into hybrid work by Indian courts. They claimed that ‘large numbers’ have begun appearing at the High Court and in their district courts.